Week 8 Review Game

The _______ specifically links the evolution of primates to flowering plants.

• arboreal hypothesis

• visual predation hypothesis

• angiosperm radiation hypothesis

• gymnosperm radiation hypothesis

The earliest group with clear primate characteristics was the

• plesiadapiforms

• euprimates

• Fayum higher primates

• strepsirrhines

Platyrrhine ancestors most likely originated in

• Africa

• N. America

• S. America

• Madagascar

Which statement about ape evolution is currently NOT supported?

• Apes and monkeys split in the early Miocene.

• The teeth of early apes are like those of living apes.

• Apes originated in Africa but later migrated to Europe and Asia

• Miocene apes and living great apes have a continuous fossil record in Africa

Which statement about Old World monkey evolution is NOT currently supported?

• Fully modern bilophodont molars first appear in the victoriapithecids

• Many monkey species decreased in body size

• Old World monkeys became more diverse than apes in the Late Miocene

• Ape diversity decreased due to direct competition with Old World monkeys

Hominins are defined by which TWO obligate behaviors?

• bipedalism

• non honing chewing

• living in groups

• invest heavily in offspring

What characteristic was present in the earliest hominins?

• communication through speech

• modification of stone to make tools

• bipedal locomotion

• increased brain size

Which dental characteristic is NOT a hominin adaptation?

• Nonhoning chewing

• Small, blunt canines

• Loss of the diastema

• Thin tooth enamel

Pre-australopithecines are distinguished from apes both by bipedalism AND by

• adaptation for a savanna or grassland environment

• complete loss of adaptations for arboreal locomotion

• an intermediate or complete loss of the honing complex

• a significantly enlarged cranial capacity

Which skeletal characteristic is NOT associated with the hominin evolution of bipedalism?

• A foramen magnum on the bottom of the skull

• A shortened pelvis

• Knees bent outward

• an S-shaped spine